Biographical Brief

Immediately joined the Navy after graduating high school in 1944. Attended art school in La Jolla, California. Retired from the Navy on medical discharge in 1971. During his entire Navy career, he was also an accomplished artist and honored with one-man shows in Washington D.C., Japan, the United Kingdom, the American Embassy in London, and the Philippines. After leaving the Navy, he pursued his art full-time and achieved many awards.